THE UNITED NATIONS 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
3rd Annual Meeting of the Emerging PRME Chapter Iberian
Porto Business School, February 1st, 2016
DAY 1
08:30 – 09:00
30m
09:00 – 09:15
15m
09:15 – 09:45
30m
09:45 – 11:15
1h30
11:15 – 11:30
15m
11:30 – 12:30
1h00
12:30 – 13:00
30m
13:00 – 14:00
1h00
14:00 – 16:00
2h00
16:00 – 16:15
15m
16:15 – 17:45
1h30
17:45 – 18:00
15m
Registration
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations
Welcome speech by the President of the Supervisory Council of PBS
Outcomes of the PRME Global Forum 2015
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The role of the Academia in helping attain the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) by 2030
(by the representative of PRME Secretariat)
Representative(s) of The UN Global Compact PT & ES
Representatives from 2-3 companies sharing their experiences
(10-minute speeches + Q&A)
Coffee break
Mini-workshop
Group activity involving all stakeholders present at the meeting:
«What (else) can/should business schools do to address the SDGs and
help corporations comply with the SDGs?»
Brief presentation of conclusions of the mini-workshop
Session wrap-up & closing
Lunch break
The Emerging PRME Chapter Iberian
Brief introduction by the PT/ES representatives
Follow-up on current projects within the Emerging PRME Chapter Iberian
Coffee break
Formally establishing the PRME Chapter Iberian
Discussion (and potential plenary approval) of the formal launch of the
PRME Chapter Iberian, including the presence of a representative of the
PRME Secretariat
Closing session by the Dean of PBS
After the end of the meeting, we may have the opportunity to attend
an informal session with one of the speakers of the ‘PBS Grand
Conference’ that will take place on the following day (Feb 2nd),
together with the rest of the PBS community.
DAY 2 (Optional)
Preferred Rate of 390 Eur/Pax for PRME school/UN representatives who participate in the
meeting on Feb 1st
14:00 – 19:00
Porto Business School Grand Conference @ Casa da Música
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A AGENDA 2030 DAS NAÇÕES UNIDAS PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL
3º Encontro Anual do PRME Capítulo Ibérico Emergente
Porto Business School, 1 de Fevereiro de 2016
Vivemos uma era desafiante, em que assistimos a mudanças extremas e a cenários de risco
em diversos contextos geográficos, em vertentes sociais, económicas, políticas, tecnológicas
ou ambientais. Problemas como a pobreza e a fome, a degradação do ambiente e as
alterações climáticas, a falta de acesso a água potável e a outras infra-estruturas básicas, ou
ainda a falta de acesso a sistemas de educação e de saúde, são exemplos flagrantes dos
desafios mais básicos e mais complexos com que se depara a Humanidade.
No ano 2000, a Organização das Nações Unidas traçou uma agenda denominada “Objetivos de
Desenvolvimento do Milénio” (Millennium Development Goals), através da qual se
estabeleceu um conjunto de metas para o ano 2015 e foi possível monitorizar a evolução de
diferentes indicadores relativos a temas de âmbito social, económico e ambiental. Em 2015, o
balanço apurado relativamente a vários dos objetivos é francamente positivo, mas há também
várias situações em que os avanços foram muito ténues e outras em que houve uma
degradação face à situação inicial. Entretanto, nos últimos anos também foram surgindo novas
circunstâncias e novos desafios, pelo que acaba de ser formalizada a uma nova agenda para
2030 com os “Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável” (Sustainable Development Goals), a
qual é ainda mais abrangente, mais detalhada e mais ambiciosa.
Neste contexto, o papel dos gestores como agentes de mudança é determinante, pelo impacto
potencial que podem ter dentro das suas organizações, nas comunidades alargadas em que se
inserem, nas cadeias de valor e nos mercados em que atuam. De facto, a nova agenda para
2030 irá depender, não apenas de políticas determinadas ao mais alto nível, mas também, e
essencialmente, de compromissos fortes por parte de instituições e empresas, e de um
conjunto de novas atitudes e valores a título coletivo e individual.
As escolas de Gestão têm, pois, um desafio acrescido ao assumirem a missão de formar
gestores e apoiar o desenvolvimento das organizações, por um lado respondendo a
necessidades presentes e conhecidas, e por outro lado, abrindo os horizontes para o futuro e
para novos paradigmas, ajudando a encontrar o melhor equilíbrio entre a Ambição e a
Responsabilidade. É esse o desafio da Sustentabilidade com que nos deparamos hoje!
Esta reflexão aberta sobre a Agenda 2030 da ONU para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, que
contará com oradores e participantes oriundos do mundo empresarial e do mundo académico,
terá lugar na Porto Business School, no dia 1 de fevereiro de 2016, entre as 09h00 e as 13h00.
Este evento decorrerá no âmbito do 3º Encontro Anual do PRME Capítulo Ibérico Emergente
de escolas de gestão (um encontro restrito), a ter lugar durante a tarde do mesmo dia, entre
as 14h00 e as 18h00.
THE UNITED NATIONS 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
3rd Annual Meeting of the Emerging PRME Chapter Iberian
Porto Business School, February 1st, 2016
We live in a challenging era in which we see extreme changes and risk scenarios in varied
geographical contexts and across social, economic, political, technological and
environmental dimensions. Problems such as poverty and hunger, degradation of the
environment, climate change, and the lack of access to clean water, education and health
systems, and other basic infrastructures are blatant examples of the most basic and most
complex challenges mankind is facing.
In the year 2000, the United Nations outlined an agenda under the name “Millennium
Development Goals” through which a set of objectives for the year 2015 was established and
the progress on different indicators related to social, economic, and environmental issues
could be monitored. As of 2015, the balance ascertained regarding several of the goals is
frankly positive; but, there are also several situations in which the improvements were very
slight and others in which there was degradation vis-à-vis the initial situation. At the same
time, in recent years, new circumstances and new challenges have emerged. Therefore, a new
agenda for 2030 has just been formalised with the “Sustainable Development Goals,” which
are even more comprehensive, detailed, and ambitious.
In this context, the role of managers as change agents is decisive due to the potential impact
they have within their organisations, the broader community, and the value chains and
markets in which they operate. In fact, the new agenda for 2030 will depend not only on
policies determined at the highest level, but also on strong commitments by institutions and
companies. Additionally, it will depend on a set of new attitudes and values at a collective
and individual level.
Management schools, therefore, have an accrued challenge when they undertake the mission
to train managers and support the development of organisations. On one hand they must
answer to present and acknowledged needs. On the other, they must open the horizons for
the future and for new paradigms by helping to find the best trade-off between Ambition and
Responsibility. That is the Sustainability challenge we face today!
This open reflection on the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, which will count
on speakers and participants from all over the business and academic worlds, will take place at
Porto Business School on February 1st, 2016 between 09:00 and 13:00. This event will be held
within the scope of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Emerging PRME Chapter Iberian for
Management schools (a restricted meeting), which will take place during the afternoon that
same day, between 14:00 and 18:00.